Driving while black with vegetation stuck to car
https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/22/us/police-kansas-detain-man-vegetation-trnd/index.html
When police in Winfield, Kansas, pulled Rudy Samuel over, the 31-year-old felt he had done nothing wrong. So he started recording the encounter on Facebook Live.
"Officer says I failed to put my signal light on within a hundred feet," he says to the camera. "And it wasn't a hundred feet, but whatever."
The video, shot on May 13, begins after Samuel provides Winfield police officers with his license and registration.
When the two policemen approach Samuel's car again, they offer a different reason for the traffic stop.
"Hey Mr. Samuel, what caught my attention was this vegetation stuff right here," one of them says, pulling something from the seal of the car's driver's-side window.
Samuel responds that it must be from a tree and adds that he does not smoke. Later, he asks officers about the original reason he was pulled over.
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The officers released Samuel after searching the vehicle, which did not turn up any suspicious substances, according to Wright.
Wright claims police did not test the "vegetation" and did not give Samuel any citations.
In the video, Samuel repeatedly says he did not give his consent to be searched. He also tells officers he has a licensed firearm in his car.
Wright said Samuel is suffering from nightmares and trauma related to the incident, although he is grateful for the support people have given him on social media.